Or does this sound suspiciously like an advertisement for YSlow in book form? Not only is YSlow specifically mentioned as part of the book review, but every single item covered is one of those little checks YSlow completes.
You obviously have not developed in such a public school setting with any of the ERPs out there. Can ERPs be modified? Sure they can. But at what cost? I work on a payroll module of a sort for the community college I work at. If I total the time I've spent on that one project alone together, it would equal 2 consecutive months of non-stop 40-hour weeks in the past year alone. Why? Because for every business rule payroll comes up with, they also come up with 5+ exceptions to go along with it. As the poster above stated, it's not the ERP or the programmer's fault, it's the asinine business rules that are allowed to propagate. You want a scapegoat? *points at Payroll and HR Departments the world over* There's your scapegoat.
Unfortunately, I have to agree. Like most MMOs, I was attracted by the intro movie (which was very well done, imho), and decided to try it out. I've played the Beta, and while it is a welcome respite from WoW, it's far from groundbreaking. It really did feel like a differently-skinned WoW. The chat system is nearly identical, the bars are very similar, and the quest/reward system looks like a near perfect copy. I am glad they avoided the Guild Wars mistake of instancing everything. While it is a good concept, it's horrible in execution and make it feel less like an MMO and more like a standard RPG. With TR, they at least kept the zones populated with people, but by that same token, those zones get awfully crowded awfully quick. This results in quests that become quite difficult to complete, not by the complexity of the mission but by the sheer lack of things to kill. I do like the PlanetSide and WoW mix, but the game lacks innovation overall. One of the things WoW did well is it innovated a ton of things that hadn't really been done before, and forced every MMO after it to play catch-up to try and snag players away. Until someone whips out the magical trump card that shows Blizzard up in the innovation Department, MMOs like TR are just going to be tossed into the "also ran" category and be relegated to time wasters while WoW's raid instances cool down.
idiotproof GUI. You obviously have not worked with people before. There is no such thing as idiotproof. You show me an idiotproof anything, and I will find you a dozen idiots to prove you wrong. My fellow software developers out there will easily vouch for that.
Possibly, but there is a fundamental difference in the situations. The user requested the data from Google, so there ISP fees apply for the bandwidth. How so? I have never, ever requested Google's Ads when I'm looking at a website, yet I'm inundated with them at every turn. In a fundamental way, push ads are no different than spamming, but, for some reason, they are considered more "acceptable" to the populous.
Ah, but to corporate America, this is the ideal thing. Force someone to declare a major at a young age, get them so tied to that major that switching is nigh to impossible, and then you know exactly how large your potential workforce pool is. It streamlines the hiring procedures of the big corporations.
Granted this is only a quick example (and I'm not promoting CVS in any way), but you can see one example here. Now, overall, IANAL, but I fail to see how they can trademark something as simple as a red cross. That would be tantamount to me trademarking the black filled-in circle. I could then sue the makers of Scantron for infringing on my trademark by putting examples of black filled-in circles on their sheets. Crosses have been around for a LONG time, and I'd hazard to guess that people have found ways to paint or dye them red for quite a while as well. Heck, if someone was nailed up on a cross and bled all over the thing to turn it red, would they be infringing on J&J's trademark?
American programmers are qualified alright on average, but there aren't enough of them. Personally, I'd disagree with that statement. The lack is qualified programmers that live in the tech-rich areas of the country. I've met certified programmers who could make code practically sing, putting others in Silicon Valley to shame. The difference was they didn't want to live in LA, or Houston, or any other tech-rich area. They enjoyed their smaller cities where you don't fight a 2-hour backup in the morning for a 15-minute drive. The qualified programmers are out there, the companies just need to learn that they need to look beyond the silicon corridor and the outsourcing countries.
They have the right, just like the consumers have the right to their own customizations. Sorry, but if I buy a ruler, and then attach a laser to it, to make a home-made laser level, Sears has no right to tell me that I violated a patent they own on laser level technology. That is EXACTLY the kind of thing Microsoft does. If Microsoft wants to try and limit me, and I find a way around it, they need to suck it up and deal with it, or get out of the business since they can't meet consumer demands.
If the book is as good as he boasts, it ought to do well.
Reminds me of KotOR in a way, with a WoW twist. Now if we could just get that adapted into a newer version of SWG, we might have something that people enjoy playing again. Otherwise, it's back to waiting for SWGemu to progress a bit further.
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And that's a bad thing...how?
He turned into kdawson?
I agree entirely. Serves the gold farmers right, they're getting a taste of the very same medicine they dish out to everyone else.
Or does this sound suspiciously like an advertisement for YSlow in book form? Not only is YSlow specifically mentioned as part of the book review, but every single item covered is one of those little checks YSlow completes.
You obviously have not developed in such a public school setting with any of the ERPs out there. Can ERPs be modified? Sure they can. But at what cost? I work on a payroll module of a sort for the community college I work at. If I total the time I've spent on that one project alone together, it would equal 2 consecutive months of non-stop 40-hour weeks in the past year alone. Why? Because for every business rule payroll comes up with, they also come up with 5+ exceptions to go along with it. As the poster above stated, it's not the ERP or the programmer's fault, it's the asinine business rules that are allowed to propagate. You want a scapegoat? *points at Payroll and HR Departments the world over* There's your scapegoat.
Unfortunately, I have to agree. Like most MMOs, I was attracted by the intro movie (which was very well done, imho), and decided to try it out. I've played the Beta, and while it is a welcome respite from WoW, it's far from groundbreaking. It really did feel like a differently-skinned WoW. The chat system is nearly identical, the bars are very similar, and the quest/reward system looks like a near perfect copy. I am glad they avoided the Guild Wars mistake of instancing everything. While it is a good concept, it's horrible in execution and make it feel less like an MMO and more like a standard RPG. With TR, they at least kept the zones populated with people, but by that same token, those zones get awfully crowded awfully quick. This results in quests that become quite difficult to complete, not by the complexity of the mission but by the sheer lack of things to kill. I do like the PlanetSide and WoW mix, but the game lacks innovation overall. One of the things WoW did well is it innovated a ton of things that hadn't really been done before, and forced every MMO after it to play catch-up to try and snag players away. Until someone whips out the magical trump card that shows Blizzard up in the innovation Department, MMOs like TR are just going to be tossed into the "also ran" category and be relegated to time wasters while WoW's raid instances cool down.
If this goes through, you just named the 3 channels that will get the widest subscription rate...at least among Slashdot readers (myself included).
You, sir, have earned the "Sarcastic Comment of the Day" award!
You can see a picture here. You can't see the crazy in his eye, but he looks old and crotchety enough to have forgotten to zip up his fly.
That would be the MPAA. RIAA would be if the store's music that is constantly interrupted by screaming cashiers showed up on the Internet.
Ah, but to corporate America, this is the ideal thing. Force someone to declare a major at a young age, get them so tied to that major that switching is nigh to impossible, and then you know exactly how large your potential workforce pool is. It streamlines the hiring procedures of the big corporations.
Granted this is only a quick example (and I'm not promoting CVS in any way), but you can see one example here. Now, overall, IANAL, but I fail to see how they can trademark something as simple as a red cross. That would be tantamount to me trademarking the black filled-in circle. I could then sue the makers of Scantron for infringing on my trademark by putting examples of black filled-in circles on their sheets. Crosses have been around for a LONG time, and I'd hazard to guess that people have found ways to paint or dye them red for quite a while as well. Heck, if someone was nailed up on a cross and bled all over the thing to turn it red, would they be infringing on J&J's trademark?
*sigh* I swear some of the people with mod points have no sense of humor.
1. Patent the patent bill.
2. Sue the government.
3. Profit!
And from the times I used MusicMatch, it was the exact same.
Another MMO bites the dust.
They have the right, just like the consumers have the right to their own customizations. Sorry, but if I buy a ruler, and then attach a laser to it, to make a home-made laser level, Sears has no right to tell me that I violated a patent they own on laser level technology. That is EXACTLY the kind of thing Microsoft does. If Microsoft wants to try and limit me, and I find a way around it, they need to suck it up and deal with it, or get out of the business since they can't meet consumer demands.
If the book is as good as he boasts, it ought to do well.
Reminds me of KotOR in a way, with a WoW twist. Now if we could just get that adapted into a newer version of SWG, we might have something that people enjoy playing again. Otherwise, it's back to waiting for SWGemu to progress a bit further.
So very true. I said a while back that SOE is where MMOs go to die. These things will just be still-born.
Well, at least it would put Radar at ease.
Never knew an MMO would try to represent real-life politics so faithfully.
Will it run on anything OTHER than Vista? Please say yes.